[plug] xconsole question

[Tony Clark]

I think you are after a standard linux console..."ctrl alt F1" should 
do that when your in X.  will depend if mingetty are getting started in 
run level 5 though.  I think from memory they do.  Don't have a box in 
front of me...still in the office.

tony



quoting Gavan Blunt <gavan at mindless.com>:

> Thanks Tony, but I think you missed the question.  I boot into the 
runlevel
> 5,
> but how do I get the console output on xconsole (ie, I could do 
something
> like
> startx >& /dev/console if I ran X manually), but how do I do it when X
> starts
> automagically)?
>
>  On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Tony Clark wrote: > Probably depends of the 
distro a
> bit, but for RH you need to change the  > default run level to 5 in
> /etc/inittab >  > quoting Gavan Blunt <gavan at mindless.com>: >
> > > Hi all, I just joined the list and had a look in the archives, 
can't
> > find
> > > an
> > > answer to a question I've been trying to figure out for ages.  I 
know
> > how
> > > to
> > > direct console output to xconsole if I manually start X, but how 
do I
> > do it
> > > if
> > > I boot into the gui?     Any answers would be gratefully received.
> > >
> > > Gavan Blunt.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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